Date of Graduation

5-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Degree Level

Undergraduate

Department

Economics

Advisor/Mentor

Gaduh, Arya

Abstract

With the recent uptick in global tension and warfare between states, it is increasingly important to understand the nature of different types of conflict and how they affect the most important resources any nation's arsenal - the service member. Although there is a significant amount of raw data for casualties across all recent U.S. conflicts, there are remarkably few studies that examine the impact of specific conflict types directly on veteran disability levels. This paper uses recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Community Population Survey (CPS) Veterans Supplement to examine three major conflict periods and their differing effects on U.S. service members' health. Our findings indicate that disability incidence and severity are influenced to different extents by periods of conflict broadly and by combat in specific branches of service. The data also established that more combat-intensive periods have a stronger combat effect on disability measures compared to lower tempo conflicts or periods of peace. Additional findings related to service member race are also included and prompt questions for further research.

Keywords

Conflict Period; VASRD; Current Population Survey; Census; Disabled Veterans

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